technocratize

English

Etymology

From technocrat(ic) +‎ -ize.

Verb

technocratize (third-person singular simple present technocratizes, present participle technocratizing, simple past and past participle technocratized)

1. (transitive) To make technocratic; to turn into a technocracy.
   • 1972, W. A. Swanberg, Luce and His Empire, New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, →LCCN, page 459:

     But as he saw it, America had saved Europe from military and economic disaster and become the leader of the West. Now it was America’s duty to modernize, legalize, democratize and technocratize the East whether the inhabitants liked it or not.

Derived terms

• technocratization